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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions? (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 year ago by mfat@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nano (or pico). I had to use vi one time 😭

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Which distro doesn't ship nano? I've only ever seen this in embedded or docker contexts.

Condolences for your vile experiences, though.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think Debian doesn't cause I used it in some containers

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

The Debian LXC containers ship without nano, the normal (net/dvd/cd) install have nano.

[–] Dotdev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Debian does ship nano not vim.

[–] solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I think it was OpenWRT

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I find that nano is on basically everything but alpine or other minimalist distros for containers. As long as I have access to it on the host I'm doing okay.

[–] Ozzy@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

🤕 <-- he was forced to use vi

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did you get out of it?

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

By becoming a CTO and having an early retirement. Or not at all.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I remember using nano in college when I was a baby dev. I would write everything locally then paste into nano. I don't remember if the professor gave us an FTP link or if I was just trying around but I pasted the server address into the file explorer (I think nautilus, I don't remember) and it managed to connect. It made it all so easy.

Good times, writing assembly in nano lmao!